Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts

Minor Update to Xbox Music for Windows Phone 8.1 Explains OneDrive Integration

Microsoft issued a minor update to its Xbox Music app for Windows Phone 8.1 that…

Windows 10 Technical Preview 2: Build 10041 Heads to ISO, Slow Ring Testers

The latest build of Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 has apparently hit the expected quality…

Microsoft Simplifies Windows 10 Web Browser Strategy

And no, they’re not going to a one browser plan: despite constant rumors that Microsoft…

Windows Phone Usage Stats for March 2015

Every month, I highlight the state of the Windows Phone hardware ecosystem, using data from…

Hamburgled: How the Windows 10 UI Goes Mainstream

It’s the digital equivalent of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys: the so-called hamburger button—a UI…

Microsoft’s New Strategy for Office: Freemium

In a recent appearance at Convergence 2015, Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela explained the…

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Technical Preview Developer Tools

Microsoft has released its first-ever pre-release Windows 10 developer tools, the Visual Studio Tools for…

Universal Apps Will Be Branded as Windows Apps

After fumbling with the Metro branding for Windows 8 apps and then settling on the…

Microsoft Apps Will Be Preinstalled on Many New Android Devices

Microsoft announced today that major Android device makers such as Samsung, Dell and others will…

One Windows, Multiple Form Factors

With Windows 10, Microsoft is pushing the notion of “One Windows,” where previously separate OS…

Lenovo ThinkPad T450s First Impressions

Before the rise of preternaturally thin and light Ultrabooks, Lenovo’s T-series laptops represented the state…

What’s Happening with Windows 10 for Tablets

I’ve noticed a growing disturbance in the Force lately: Irked by my preference for non-Windows…

Windows + Mac: Apple Drops Windows 7 Support in New Macs

Apple is infamous for quickly—often too quickly—dropping support for popular technologies it deems out of…

Xbox Music Tip: Access Your Own Music with Windows Phone 8.1

The other day I wrote about Microsoft finally enabling OneDrive integration with Xbox Music, and…

Windows 10 Minimum Hardware Requirements for PC

Thanks to the documentation that Microsoft provided this week at WinHEC, we now have a…

Windows 10 Technical Preview 2: Snap

The more you use Windows 10, the more obvious it is that Microsoft has gotten…

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